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I've sold all the significant equipment with respect to my Sony a77 with the exception of my Vivitar 7mm Fisheye. It will go away soon I'm sure. That leaves me with my Sony RX100 and Samsung G3 phone. All tolled it's been nearly 3 months since I decided to stop taking pictures 'seriously' and I have only occasionally missed it. I'll likely buy a 'bridge' camera with a super-zoom in the next month or so only because I do want to be able to take photos with some precision.
That said, I just saw a Facebook post from BargainPhotoShoots advertising a very low priced 30 minute shoot for babies. Aside from the price being low (about $15US) she is taking the pics with her cell phone camera. The sample pics are very well composed and lighted, though not tack sharp, as you might expect. I applaud her efforts and style and I do think this may be an indicator of things to come.
Everyone is a photographer and many think they are great photographers. Some are truly gifted even though they only shoot with what I term 'garbage' equipment. The truth is that even garbage cameras produce better images than what was considered very good equipment 20 or 30 years ago. Add to that the ability to edit the images to add a desired style and the difference between the work produced by the average professional photog and a 'hack' with a cell phone becomes very narrow.
Though I don't have any intention to become a professional (again) I do want to produce images that reflect my own take on the world. And if others enjoy what I create, so much the better. Titles and equipment are secondary to vision and creative abilities.
That said, I just saw a Facebook post from BargainPhotoShoots advertising a very low priced 30 minute shoot for babies. Aside from the price being low (about $15US) she is taking the pics with her cell phone camera. The sample pics are very well composed and lighted, though not tack sharp, as you might expect. I applaud her efforts and style and I do think this may be an indicator of things to come.
Everyone is a photographer and many think they are great photographers. Some are truly gifted even though they only shoot with what I term 'garbage' equipment. The truth is that even garbage cameras produce better images than what was considered very good equipment 20 or 30 years ago. Add to that the ability to edit the images to add a desired style and the difference between the work produced by the average professional photog and a 'hack' with a cell phone becomes very narrow.
Though I don't have any intention to become a professional (again) I do want to produce images that reflect my own take on the world. And if others enjoy what I create, so much the better. Titles and equipment are secondary to vision and creative abilities.
Month #4 - November
For the last month I’ve taken on a project that I initially started in 2008 when we traveled around the US with our camper. Every time we stopped for the night I took out the GPS unit and entered “place of worship” in the search criteria. I then selected the one closest to our location and drove to it, where I took a series of photos. My intent was to create something from that series. Every time I attempted to use the images I was disappointed with the results.
The images were documentation of the places. Some of them were decent but most left me unimpressed. It was less about the technical quality of the shots or even the
Month #3 - October - Learning the Tools
During the month of October I produced some images that (in my opinion) spanned the gamut between light editing and extreme modification. I'm happy with some of them and embarrassed by some others. But overall I was really trying to understand the editing tools that I'm using. It's a mixed bag and that mix is changing all the time, making the task difficult.
I'm not complaining or even whining about having such a burden. It's really a privilege to be able to have the opportunity to try to understand these programs. Just this month 2 of my favorite tools got updates (OnOne Perfect Suite 9 and Topaz Impression) and I've spent some time working
Month #2 - September - Exploration
This is month #2 in this current venture. While I don't expect to continue to count the months, I do think it's interesting to tick off the first few if only for my own reference. In reviewing the work I've done during September I notice a few things that I would not have expected going in.
Being that I'm increasingly relying on plugins to modify my base images I'm using layering a LOT more than previously. I still use Lightroom as the repository for my images and for initial processing tasks - and also for final tweaks before publishing. But using masks means that I have 2 choices: Photoshop (CC 2014) or OnOne Perfect Photo Suite 8 (hopeful
One Month In
The last month has gone by quickly and I've been able to use a mixture of images that I took with my (new) camera and others culled from my archive. What I've discovered is that there are nearly endless possibilities to create photo art from images. What seems to be most important is that the original image has some element of interesting design.
For some subjects like flowers, the design element is simple - flowers are beautiful. For other natural scenes it's more important that they include good overall composition elements. And for other subjects I simply encourage myself to think beyond what I see in the original image. Sometimes that me
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